Tony Blair did not invent the Court of Session, and that was what called Boris Johnson a liar.
The Supreme Court, to which the Government had appealed and which in 10 years it has never so much as suggested abolishing, simply did not set aside that finding.
Therefore, that finding stands as the last word on the subject: as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson lied to the Queen. Specifically, he did so in order to have Parliament prorogued.
But as a result, we now have instead the thoroughly Bennite or Powellite principle that Parliament cannot be prorogued without its consent.
All Brexiteers should rejoice at that. As we should be horrified at Johnson's flagrant, but entirely characteristic, lying to Parliament yesterday.
And as we should revolt at Keir Starmer's failure to table a Motion of No Confidence on today's Order Paper.
While being entirely unsurprised, since Johnson's contempt of Parliament is matched, in its way, by Starmer's. Neither of them has any time for parliamentary sovereignty.
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